Children's Book Prize Archive
Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Biennial
Supported by:
Nami Island Inc.
Patron:
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
For further information contact:
International Board on Books for Young People
Nonnenweg 12 Postfach
CH-4003-Basel
Switzerland
tel: (+4161) 272 2917
fax: (+4161) 272 2757
email: ibby@eye.ch
website: www.ibby.org
The highest international recognition given to authors and illustrators, these awards are presented to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.
The nominations are made by the National Sections of IBBY and the winners are selected by a distinguished international jury of children's literature specialists. The awards are presented during the biennial IBBY Congress.
Most Recent Winners
Illustrator: Jutta Bauer (Germany)
Previous Winners
Since 1966, this prize has been awarded to an author and an illustrator whose works have made an important contribution to children's literature. Listed below are all past winners, author first, followed by illustrator. Prior to 1966, only an author award was presented.
Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti (Italy)
Illustrator: Wolf Erlbruch (Germany)
Illustrator: Max Velthuijs (Netherlands)
Illustrator: Quentin Blake (UK)
Illustrator: Anthony Browne (UK)
Illustrator: Tomi Ungerer (France)
Illustrator: Klaus Eniskat (Germany)
Illustrator: Jörg Müller (Switzerland)
Illustrator: Kveta Pacovská (Czecholslovakia)
Illustrator: Lisbeth Zwerger (Austria)
Illustrator: Dusan Kállay (Czechoslovakia)
Illustrator: Robert Ingpen (Australia)
Illustrator: Mitsumasa Anno (Japan)
Illustrator: Zbigniew Rychlicki (Poland)
Illustrator: Suekichi Akaba (Japan)
Illustrator: Svend Otto S. (Soerensen) (Denmark)
Illustrator: Tatjana Mawrina (USSR)
Illustrator: Farshid Mesghali (Iran)
Illustrator: Ib Spang Olsen (Denmark)
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak (USA)
Illustrator: Jirí Trnka (Czechoslovakia) (illustrator)
Illustrator: Alois Carigiet (Switzerland)
